May I clarify some information - I believe that depending on the type of cancer you have , and it’s size , it is quite normal,and acceptable practice NOT to have lumpectomy or surgery until you have had chemotherapy first in order to reduce the size of the tumour .
I was a public patient in Qld, before covid. For me. I was diagnosed in June , had a biopsy taken , showing triple,positive ductal ca. I then had staging scans, and review by surg team then results reviewed by MD TEAM ( oncologist/surgeon/radiation drs) .All up , I was started on chemo about 4 weeks after initial,biopsy results back .. Surgery was not undertaken until,Jan some six months later , and I’d finished two rounds of chemo (AC and Taxcel)
. It took a while to get all those,reviews lined up and results in and that was in a non covid time. The MDT meet fortnightly for example.
I’m not sure what is,a normal,wait time I admit. Interesting to see the range of time people have experienced , and I can see how covid has possibly impacted that where staff shortages have occurred
